Detachable child's seat for a wheelchair

Abstract

In combination with a wheelchair having rigid frame members, a detachable child's seat which includes a seat portion, a frame of rigid members attached to and supporting the seat portion, and devices for selectively attaching and detaching the child's seat to the frame members of the wheelchair. The child's seat may be constructed with armrests, a seatback, a footrest, a seat belt and anti-tipping struts. The child's seat mounts on a wheelchair in a position which provides the occupant of the wheelchair with an unimpeded field of view.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. In combination with a wheelchair having a back, a wheelchair seat and rigid frame members, a detachable child's seat comprising a seat portion having a front edge, a back edge, and two opposite lateral edges,   two laterally spaced, "C"-shaped frame members, wherein each frame member includes a vertical center segment, subtended at its top by a horizontal upper segment and at its bottom by a horizontal lower segment, each of said horizontal segments having an outer end, which horizontal upper segment and horizontal lower segment extend between said outer ends and said center segment, and where each horizontal upper segment is fixed relative to and supports one lateral edge of said seat portion, said "C"-shaped frame members formed to support said seat portion in a fixed position relative to the wheelchair when said frame members are mounted on the back of the wheelchair,   mounting means associated with said horizontal upper segment outer end for releasably retaining said rigid wheelchair frame member,   mounting means associated with said horizontal lower segment outer end formed to provide support by removably engaging said rigid wheelchair frame member below said mounting means associated with said horizontal upper segment,   armrest means attached to said frame members and extending along and above each lateral edge of said seat portion,   seatback means fixed in position along and above the back edge of said seat portion, and   footrest means extending between and secured to said lower segments.   
     
     
       2. In combination with a wheelchair having a back, a wheelchair seat and rigid frame members, a detachable child's seat as defined in claim 1 wherein said child's seat is mountable on the back of the wheelchair in position so as to face the same direction as the wheelchair's seat.